save water, save lives

24 Pages·2013·4.88 MB·English

SAVE WATER, SAVE LIVES
A WATER SAVING BATHROOM BUYING GUIDE WITH A PURPOSE
SAVING WATER
Water is a resource
we tend to take
for granted.

We just turn on the
tap and there it is.

Recent statistics
from the U.S.
Drought Monitor
Service show
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SAVING WATER
Although close to 70 percent
of the earth’s surface is
covered with water, less
COVERED
than one percent of it is
70% IN WATER
available for human use.

99% OF THAT IS
Water supplies are finite
EITHER SALTY
and it is critical that we all help
OR FROZEN
guard this precious resource.

One thing is abundantly clear:
clean water for drinking and
bathing is a very limited
resource. It won’t be around
forever if we continue our
current consumption habits
here on Planet Earth.

FPO
View the video “Water
Wake-up Call” about the
importance of water
conservation, Earth Day,
and what you can do. Click
here for video.

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WATERSENSE-LABELED PRODUCTS
An important way to help conserve water is to install toilets,
faucets and showerheads that carry the WaterSense® label.

Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
WaterSense is a program designed to give consumers confidence
that water saving products will actually work effectively
and efficiently.

WaterSense-certified bathroom toilets, faucets and showerheads
are certified by independent testing to use at least 20 percent
LESS water than standard models.

This water savings comes without sacrificing solid flushability
and flow rates. These products must meet stringent
high-performance requirements to receive the WaterSense label.
WaterSense® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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WATERSENSE-LABELED PRODUCTS
smart
Make water usage choices
Read about the WaterSense program,
click here
Learn more about water efficient products and watch
a short video about sustainability, click here
Together we can help
save billions of gallons of water
each and every year.
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SAVING LIVES
While the Western world
grapples with ways to
reduce the amount of water
used in our clean, abundant
and convenient bathrooms,
almost half the people in the world lack
a safe way to go to the bathroom.
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SAVING LIVES
American Standard has found a simple way
to address both issues at the same time.
It’s called
Flush for Good
.

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SAVING LIVES
This initiative was launched
to increase awareness of the
global sanitation crisis and to
stimulate action that protects
the health of all people
through well-engineered
plumbing solutions.

A team of American Standard
engineers conducted field
research in villages located in
the Rajshahi region of
Bangladesh in 2012.

In these rural communities,
water is scarce and there
is no sewer infrastructure.
To watch a video recap of
this trip and the global
sanitation crisis in
Bangladesh, click here.
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SAVING LIVES
The Product Innovation Team
observed the widespread
use of non-hygienic, open
pit latrines to defecate.

The latrines, which are about
six to eight feet deep, are
covered with a concrete slab
in which a plastic toilet pan
is encased.

The pans have a large
opening that allows waste
to freely fall into the pit.

People fill a pot, called a
“bodna”, with water and use
this water to “flush” waste into
the uncovered pit.

However, the open pit
increases the spread of
disease through
transmissions from flies and
other insects.
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SAVING LIVES
Based on their findings, the American Standard team
invented a cost-effective, hygienic toilet pan called
SaTo
<
(pronounced SAH-toh, derived from “Safe Toilet”).
Indeed, it is the same advanced R&D expertise behind
the American Standard Champion toilet’s top flushing
performance that enabled the successful development
of this new solution for developing countries.

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